About Steven
Steven Merino is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York with ten years of professional experience. He focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, and major life transitions. He speaks English and Spanish and aims to make conversations clear and down-to-earth.
His style centers on listening first and shaping sessions around each person's needs. He uses practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to tackle unhelpful thoughts and patterns.
Background and approach
Client-centered work guides sessions so people feel heard and can set their own goals. Steven also draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at how past experiences influence current feelings and behaviors. That can help when worries repeat or when old hurts keep resurfacing.
He combines insight with concrete steps so change feels manageable. Sessions may include short exercises, goal setting, and talking through real-life situations like workplace stress or social anxiety. He helps people build skills for everyday moments - calming strategies, communication choices, and ways to rebuild self-worth.
Steven frames therapy as a partnership. He offers straightforward feedback and supports people as they try new behaviors. His approach aims to be respectful, compassionate, and practical for people ready to make changes.
How his approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and following the person's lead. In practice it means sessions are shaped around what matters most to the person, building trust and clear goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, uses straightforward exercises to change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors, which can help with anxiety, social fears, and everyday stress.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they adjust methods over time so the work stays relevant and practical.
Online therapy offers several flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or someone prefers voice-only conversation. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions or schedule shorter, more frequent touchpoints. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a workday, handle sudden stressors, or try tools in real life and discuss them soon after.
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- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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